Bengali music comprises a long tradition of religious and secular song-writing over a period of almost a millennium. Composed with lyrics in the Bengali language, Bengali music spans a wide variety of styles.
Rabindra Sangeet are a good example. These are songs written and composed by the famous Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore, including the national anthem of Bangladesh, "Amar Shonar Bangla".
The Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent is currently split between the Indian state of West Bengal and the country of Bangladesh. West Bengal is still referred to as Bengal in the rest of India.
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